Erman Toroğlu
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Erman Refik Toroğlu | ||
| Date of birth | 24 November 1948 | ||
| Place of birth | Ankara, Turkey | ||
| Height | 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Defender | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1967–1969 | Ankara Güneşspor | 51 | (11) |
| 1969–1977 | MKE Ankaragücü | 164 | (4) |
| 1977–1978 | Mersin İdman Yurdu | 14 | (1) |
| Total | 229 | (16) | |
| International career | |||
| 1973 | Turkey U-21 | 2 | (0) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
| Domestic | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Years | League | Role | |
| 1984–1993 | Süper Lig | Referee | |
| International | |||
| Years | League | ||
| 1989 | FIFA | ||
Erman Refik Toroğlu (born 24 November 1948) is a Turkish former association football player, FIFA-level referee and, current pundit and sports columnist.
Toroğlu earned his FIFA badge in 1989.[1] In 1991, he refereed the qualifying match for Euro 92 between Switzerland and San Marino.[2] The last arbitrated professional football game by Toroğlu was between Samsunspor and Fenerbahçe at Samsun 19 Mayıs Stadium in 1993–94 1.Lig season, ended 2–0, on 5 December 1993.[3]
Toroğlu started punditry, joining Turkish sportscaster Şansal Büyüka, in the weekly football review show "Maraton", aired at Show TV, in 1996. The program lasted 8 years until 2004, when the show was moved to Lig TV of Digiturk satellite television provider. Toroğlu quit Maraton in 2010. He now works as a pundit on the sports channel EkolTV, covering many games.[4] He had a short punditry spell at TRT in 2015.